Music holder



G. E. MEYER MUSIC HOLDER Jan. 22, 1929.

Filed Oct. l. 1925 inventan m .M m

Patented Jan. 2.2, 192,9.

UNITED srarss GUSTAVE E. MEYER, OF NEW MEADOWS, IDAHO.

MUSIC HOLDER.

Application led October 1, 1926.

This application is a continuation in part of an application filed by me April 16, 1926, Serial No. 102,547.

The present invention is a supporting frame for leaf turners which may be easily adjusted to the heights of various sheets or leaves. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying the invention, parts being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a detail section showing a varia* tion.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a base plate or leaf rest 1 which is adapted to be clamped to therail 2 of a piano desk or may form a part of a music stand. In the present drawing, I have shown a clamping element 3 adapted to engage the rail 2 and be secured by a set screw 4, a tongue or hook 5 being provided at the front end of the clamp to support the base plate and the parts carried thereby. At the back of the base plate l is a back plate 6 against which the lower portions of the sheets of music or back of a book may rest while being supported on the base plate 1. Rising from this back plate 6, near the ends thereof, are standards 7 which may conveniently be flat bars fitted at their lower ends in sockets 8 on the rear of the back plate 6 and having their upper ends engaged through keepers or sleeves 9 at the ends of an upper bar 10 which is thereby held to the standards and may be shifted vertically relative thereto. The hooks 5 engage in the lower ends ofthe sockets 8, as shown in Fig. 3. The bar 10 is constructed with notches or openings 11 in its end edges to permit access to the lower free ends of latches 12 which may conveniently be resilient plates secured at their upper ends upon the bar 10 and having their lower free ends projecting downwardly beyond the upper walls of the said openings or notches 11, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Near their lower ends, the latches 12 carry lugs or pins 13 which are adapted to project through openings 14 provided therefor in the bar 10 and engage in a selected one of a series of sockets 15 provided in the front side of the respectively adjacent standards 7. The bar 10 may' thus be ,set at any desired height from sei-iai No. 138,986.

bracing straps 19 secured upon its back and l extending the full height thereof, the lower ends of the straps projecting below the bar and provided with the laterally extending forks 2O slidably engaging the inner edges of the standards 7 and thereby guiding the top bar to avoid cantingvthereof while it is being adjusted.

rlhe leafsturning arms, indicated at 21, are mounted upon a pivot post (not shown) and are turned from right to left by springs connected with the respective arms, the springs and the devices for releasably holding the arms at the right of the device being omitted from the drawing as they form no part of the present invention. The leaves or sheets are secured by hangers 22, 23 depending from the turning arms and equipped with clasps 24 and 25. ing arms to permit them to turn includes rock shafts 26 mounted on the bottom of the base plate 1. With some forms of piano desks, the clamps 3 are not desirable and it is advisable to rest the device directly on the rail 2. In such event, blocks 27 are secured to the base plate to rest on the rail and support the base plate at a height which will avoid contact between the base plate and the rail.

In many styles of pianos, the upper ends of the standards 7 may be engaged behind a molding strip on the top of the piano to be held against falling forward. IVith other makes of pianos, a clip 47 may be employed, such clip consisting of a shank 48 having lateral resilient iingers 49 and a loop 50 which also serves as a handle. The shank is disposed across ythe upper ends of the standard and the desk 51 below the top 52, the desk and standard being clasped by the fingers, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A leaf holder comprising a basal leaf support, standards rising from said suppert and provided with longitudinal series' of seckets in 'their front sides,n 'upper frame The means for releasing the turnbar extending across the upper portions of the standards, and leaf springs secured at their upper ends upon the front side of said upper traine bar and provided near their free ends With projections passing` through the traine bar to selectively engage the said sockets in the standards.

2. A leal1 holder comprising a basal leat support, standards rising 'from the support, a traine bar extending across and adjustable on the standards, and braces secured to the back of and dependii'i} g` below the traine bar and provided at 'their lower ends Wit-h lateral guiding' 'forks slidebly engaging the stendards.

3. A leaf holder comprising a basal leaf support, open-bottom vertically extending sockets on the back oi' said support, means for attaching the support to a fixed object including securing devices having upstanding tongues engageable in the open bottoms ottl the sockets, standards carried by and rising from the basal support, and a cross bar carried by the upper portions of the standards.

4. A leaf holder comprising a basal leaf supporn sockets on the back of the support,

standards engageable in the upper ends ot the sockets and adjustable vertically7 therein, and a freine bar extending across and carried by the upper ends ol the standards.

In testimony Whereotl l alix inv signature.

GUsrAvE MEYER. [L s] 

